Speedway & Spin-out & Crypto-logic
Platform: Magnavox Odyssey2
Region: USA
Media: Cartridge
Controller: Odyssey? Joystick
Genre: Racing - Cars
Gametype: Undefined
Release Year: 1978
Developer: Magnavox
Publisher: Magnavox
Players: 1 or 2 VS
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Race against the clock and an electronic maze of other cars! / High speed racing action around an enclosed track! / Solve secret messages enciphered by the computer!

Speedway

(1 Player) Press key 1

A race against time - travel as far as you can before the two minutes are up. The game calls for a fast reaction-time and precise handling of the joystick control. There is a time-penalty for crashing. The game is over when all time left = 00:00.

key skill
1 time trials
2 faster main event

Use the right handset to control car.

Press joystick forward to start - keep it forward to accelerate.

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Spin-out

(2 players) press key 2 or 3

Key 2 selects 3-lap racetrack, key 3 selects 15-lap racetrack. Race your opponent round the corners and barriers of the spin-out circuit. There is a time-penalty for crashing or spinning the car. You have a choice of slow or fast speeds, and basic or complex racetracks.

key skill
1 slow, basic racetrack
2 fast, basic racetrack
3 slow, complex racetrack
4 fast, complex racetrack

After 5 second countdown on clock, race begins.

Control your car with handset. Press button to double speed.

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Crypto-logic

(2 players) Press key 4

A game of knowledge and deduction. Type a word or phrase onto TV screen (don't let your opponent see it). The letters are then jumbled up, and your opponent must unscramble them (each correct letter remains on screen). The screen shows the number of mistakes made. The player who makes least mistakes wins.

Type in phrase of up to 14 letters.

Press CLEAR if mistake made. Press ENTER.

Now opponent's turn.

When phrase unscrambled, press CLEAR and start again.

You can also leave messages (28 letters max.).

~From the Speedway & Spin-out & Crypto-logic Manual

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CHEATS:

SPIN-OUT!: You can sometimes crash on the top part of the complicated track such that you crash repeatedly and are forced outside the track, so that you can drive off the screen to the other side. (Submitted by Michael Cronis)

http://odyssey2.classicgaming.gamespy.com/cheats/index.php#comandonoturno
